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The Forge Restaurant Wine Bar

432 W. 41st St. (Pinetree Ave.) Send to Phone
Miami Beach, FL 33140
305-538-8533 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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After dramatic physical and menu revamps, this old-timer is a formidable contemporary dining destination as well as a hangout for trendies. The Forge Restaurant Wine Bar is one of GAYOT's 2013 | Top 10 Miami/South Florida Wine List Restaurants | Top 10 Miami/South Florida Wine Bars Restaurants | Top 10 Miami/South Florida Late Night Restaurants | Top 10 Miami/South Florida Star Spotting Restaurants |

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The Forge Restaurant Wine Bar Restaurant Review

: After a makeover, The Forge is now The Forge Restaurant Wine Bar, with a more modern lounge-like décor and an eclectic menu from chef Dewey LoSasso. While several Forge classics, such as the "Super Steak," remain, the historic place's menu, like its ambience, is now more modern and casual, injected with LoSasso's signature witty touches. A highlight: the Lobster Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich (chilled lobster, chopped peanuts and onion marmalade on toasted brioche). The latter is listed on a "snack" section of the menu (which also includes a more culinarily sensible po' boy, a delectably garlic mayo-lubed hoagie roll stuffed fatly with crisp-coated oysters, accompanied by tangy jícama salad). Differing from the menu's starters (which are intended as preludes to full meals), the tempting bar bites, which satisfy in themselves, signal the Forge's seriousness about being an ultimate hangout for drop-in drinkers and snackers as well as a formal restaurant. A self-service Enomatic wine system increases the relaxed feel, as do more affordable prices and a luxuriant Sunday brunch. As for desserts, the Forge's famed soufflés now compete with intriguing temptations like Corn Three Ways (polenta cake, ice cream, and homemade crackerjack).

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Average rating    5
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Fabulous!
by mpete on Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:51 pm
 
Was here last night. This place is simply amazing. The decor is like nothing I have seen before. They have a mirror inside that is literally the size of one of my walls! And the food....! I'm going to recommend the tuna tar tare to start out or the lobster bisque (like everything there, it is served in a really unique dish)...so good! I had the rib eye. The spice on this made it taste like no other steak I have ever had. I'd suggest that you come a little early and sit at the bar for a little and use the wine machines to sample from different wines. All in all, this place is a major thumbs up...
 
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